Fleeing passenger leads cops to basement meth lab

Suspect remains at large in Middletown drug case

Police said they found a methamphetamine lab in the basement of a Middletown home.

Officers tried to stop 22-year-old Chelsie Peck, who pulled in to the driveway of her home and her passenger ran inside.

Police said they didn't find the passenger, but they found an active meth lab.

"There's been three meth labs found so far this year, and this was the biggest largest of the meth labs," said Lt. Scott Reeve, of Middletown police.

Officers later identified the passenger as 35-year-old Douglas Wolf, who remains at large.

Peck was arrested after the traffic stop, which police said was initiated due to outstanding warrants associated with her license plates.

Neighbors said the situation was alarming.

"It scared me because you don't know what they have over there what they put in that stuff and how they cook it and what they do with it," said Michelle Lowry, who lives across the street from the home.